In 2024, 514 people were detained for violating the state border of Azerbaijan; 10,500 people were detained for violating the border regime, and 3,726 wanted persons were detained. This was reported at the reporting meeting on the results of activity of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan in 2024.
Border guards detained 123 people with forged documents, 10 with alien documents and 5 people who tried to secretly cross the state border.
Seven people suspected of links with foreign special services for the purpose of espionage against Azerbaijan were identified. Five persons who had fought in illegal armed groups abroad were detained.
Politics
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On January 10, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, accepted the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador of Lithuania to Azerbaijan, Kestutis Vaškevičius.
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By the decree of the head of state on January 10, a "National Data" system is being established in Azerbaijan. The new system aims to ensure efficiency and transparency through the use of digital technologies by central and local executive authorities, state legal entities with controlling shares, public legal entities, other budgetary organizations, as well as local self-government bodies.
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By a decree of the head of state dated January 10, Azerbaijan has established an information system called "Digital Ecology." The new system integrates the activities of the Ministry of Ecology through the use of digital technologies with other individuals and legal entities.
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Due to the large fires that broke out in California on January 7, the Azerbaijani General Consulate in Los Angeles has been evacuated, the official representative of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aykhan Hajiyev reported on Friday.
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